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description: apparently a kid flashed his birthday money at the bus stop and some older kids took it all. what's the true lesson? Test 18 · ★★ of lesson 260 «Learning a skill, and coins and notes» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Test 18 · ★★ · Learning a skill, and coins and notes

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apparently a kid flashed his birthday money at the bus stop and some older kids took it all. what's the true lesson?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** kid, older kids · **What happens:** flash, take, be · **To what, where:** birthday money, bus stop, money, true lesson

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This is test 18 · ★★ of lesson 260 «Learning a skill, and coins and notes» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/260-learning-skills-and-coins/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:260-learning-skills-and-coins:t18:1
# text = apparently a kid flashed his birthday money at the bus stop and some older kids took it all. what's the true lesson?
1	apparently	apparently	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	flashed	flash	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	birthday	birthday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	stop	stop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
13	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	15	det	_	_
14	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	15	amod	_	_
15	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
16	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
18	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	24	punct	_	_
20	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	24	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	cop	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flash** | past | a kid | kid's birthday money |  | the bus stop |  | apparently *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent money=Theme |
| 2 | **take** | past | some older kids | money |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | present |  | the true lesson |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Don't show off money; it invites theft

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:260-learning-skills-and-coins:t18:o1:1
# text = Don't show off money; it invites theft
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	show	show	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	invites	invite	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
9	theft	theft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **show off** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | money |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent money=Recipient |
| 2 | **invite** | present | money | theft |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent theft=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only show it to older kids

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:260-learning-skills-and-coins:t18:o2:1
# text = Only show it to older kids
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	show	show	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | older kids |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to kid=Recipient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Keep it in your hand, then nobody can take it from you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:260-learning-skills-and-coins:t18:o3:1
# text = Keep it in your hand, then nobody can take it from you
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
8	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	10	nsubj	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | your hand |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in hand=Location |
| 2 | **take** | can | nobody | hand |  |  | then | from you | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent it=Theme from you=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Carry more money so you can share it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:260-learning-skills-and-coins:t18:o4:1
# text = Carry more money so you can share it
1	Carry	carry	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	share	share	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | imperative | you *not said here* | more money |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme |
| 2 | **share** | can | you | money |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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